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“On the measles outbreak in Texas: "the growth rate … has diminished substantially.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Health and Human Services secretary. Phoenix, Arizona. Claim dated 8 Apr 2025.
FactCheck.org rated thisNo Evidence

What FactCheck.org found

A review of state data indicates there’s no decline yet in the pace of cases.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Health and Human Services secretary) made this claim around 8 April 2025. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 April 2025, 3 days later. Its rating was “No Evidence”.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has 55 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 27 of them false or fake, 27 misleading or mixed and 0 true.

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